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Crossing Tokyo Bay and connecting the Odaiba artificial island to the Shibaura Pier, Rainbow Bridge is the largest bridge in Tokyo.

Rainbow Bridge, View from Odaiba

The construction started in 1987 and was completed 6 years later.

Rainbow Bridge

The official name is “Shuto Expressway No. 11 Daiba Route - Port of Tokyo Connector Bridge”, but it is only known as the Rainbow Bridge 「レインボーブリッジ」, name decided by the public.

As a reference to the name of the bridge, a segment of the bridge’s walkway, between the two towers, features pillars painted in rainbow colors:

Rainbow Bridge

Being a suspension bridge, Rainbow Bridge is just the 52nd longest suspension bridge in the world (calculated by the length of the main span, between the towers: 580 meters) and the 13th in Japan. It’s total length is 789 meters.

Rainbow Bridge, View from Sumida River

Even if it’s not a record of any kind, Rainbow Bridge is one of the main symbols of Tokyo.

Rainbow Bridge

I photographed Rainbow Bridge hundred of times, from many places, and I even crossed it by foot several times… From all these photos, I selected some of the best and compiled this set of 12 viewpoints.
I hope you’ll enjoy them! :)